Taranaki Surf

Detailed Taranaki surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Taranaki. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Taranaki. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Taranaki over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Taranaki and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Taranaki Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Taranaki Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Taranaki coastline are also listed below.

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	Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki
Rating	2	0	0	0	4	1	3	3	2	3	2	4	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 NW	1.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	12	7	11	11	10	9	7	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	12	11	10	14
Energy(?)	281	1470	1252	754	2244	420	730	625	402	377	384	366	2794	2141	1293	694	364	431	374	1013	722	980
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:10PM 3.01		7:26AM 2.41		7:36PM 2.22	8:13AM 2.23		8:08PM 3.24	8:53AM 3.30		9:03PM 3.18	9:35AM 3.20		9:52PM 3.10	10:22AM 3.25		10:43PM 3.13	11:58AM 2.94		11:43PM 3.21	12:09PM 3.35
Low Tide / height (m)	12:06PM 0.72		12:58AM 0.53		1:37PM 0.56	2:11AM 0.36		2:06PM 0.64	2:35AM 0.43		3:00PM 0.39	3:24AM 0.23		3:53PM 0.26		4:07AM -0.02	4:37PM 0.04		5:46AM 0.59	5:38PM 0.30		5:55AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	11	2	-	-	-	-	1	11	26	6	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	18	18	19	15	19	19	19	17	20	16	16	18	16	18	19	16	20	20	17	19
Low °C	20	18	16	17	17	13	18	18	16	17	17	14	14	17	15	17	18	15	18	19	15	18
Chill °C (?)	22	18	17	18	19	14	19	19	19	17	20	15	16	18	15	17	19	15	20	20	17	19
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	2.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 NNW	1.0 W	2.2 S	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.3 S	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	10	7	8	9	10	9	7	8	7	11	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.1 N	-	1.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	1.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	6	8	10	-	8	11	8	8	8	7	8	12	16	10	15	13	7	12	12	16	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	1.0 N	1.4 NW	1.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	7	8	-	7	-	-	-	5	7	9	9	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 30							Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	14	14	14	7	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1054	1161	1376	396	454	480	520	1061	963	1070	2538	3031	1107	1881	1794	1381	1156	866	162	460	525	557
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:49AM 2.81				6:32PM 2.11				6:51AM 2.92					7:10PM 2.76				8:29AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)				12:36PM 1.06				12:35AM 0.75				12:59PM 0.70	1:02PM 0.57				1:31AM 0.32				2:08PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	15	20	22	16	18	18	16	15	15	16	16	18	17	14	13	12	13	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	15	14	20	22	15	18	17	15	13	14	15	15	18	16	14	13	12	13	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	14	13	14	14	14	8	7	8	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WNW	-	1.3 W	0.8 NW	0.7 NNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.1 S	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	15	9	9	5	15	15	14	13	13	7	-	12	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	5	4	7	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 30
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	878	775	1025	370	327	229	268	1172	1287	1309	1636	1772	772	1540	1805	1772	1811	1780	480	1156	1508	1735
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						6:07AM 1.96												6:09PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)											11:56AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	1	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	15	15	14	12	12	12	15	18	18	19	20	19	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	11	11	11	14	18	17	19	20	18	17	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	9	15	11	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	8	9	9	9	15	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NW	1.4 NNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	3	3	3	4	4	9	5	5	5	6	6	4	7	7	7